hangman
🇺🇸
/ˈhæŋmən/
🇬🇧
/ˈhæŋmən/
noun
R
A person who is responsible for executing criminals by hanging.
The hangman prepared the gallows for the execution.
R
A game where players guess a word letter by letter, with each wrong guess adding a part to a drawing of a hanged person until the word is guessed or the drawing is complete.
During recess, the children played hangman to pass the time.
translation
A person who is responsible for executing criminals by hanging.; A game where players guess a word letter by letter, with each wrong guess adding a part to a drawing of a hanged person until the word is guessed or the drawing is complete.
Word Forms
Plural
hangmen